It’s cold, the nights are long and the summer has never seemed so far away. You might not need those sunglasses just yet but at least booking a holiday can put a spring in your step.
The only question – where to go? Here are five very different destinations that we think will be the places to visit in 2014.
Panama
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Panama Canal was an epic feat of engineering which dramatically changed maritime trade when it opened on August 15, 1914.
This year’s centenary is a good excuse to visit the Central American country, which is now serviced by Air France flights via Paris.
With fewer tourist resorts than neighbouring Costa Rica but sharing a similar biodiversity, the country is begging to be explored now rather than later.
Rainbow Tours offer a 10-night Best of Panama itinerary from £2,930 per person, which includes visits to the
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